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Strikes are planned today (October 5) across France, in protest at issues such as rising energy prices, changing rules for unemployment and retirement benefits, and reduced spending power.

Multiple unions including the CGT, FO, Solidaires, FSU, Fidl, MNL, Unef and UNL will participate.

Secretary of CGT, C茅line Verzeletti, told that jobs and salaries were among the most important issues, 鈥渢here is growing anger and awareness that there is money, but that it is not being redistributed to working people鈥�.

Secretary general of CGT Philippe Martinez told : 鈥淲e need urgent responses now 鈥� when people take to the streets that adds pressure.鈥�

He said that the strikes should make sure that 鈥渟ocial questions鈥� were pushed to the front of the agenda, five months before the 2022 presidential elections are set to take place.

Some strikers are also protesting the Covid health pass, which the CGT described as a form of 鈥渓iberticide鈥�.

200 street protests planned

Ms Verzeletti said: 鈥淲e will have 200 meeting points [for protestors], which is an initial sign that today will be positive for us.鈥�

She said that despite the health crisis, 鈥渢here is a return to union meetings and general gatherings鈥�.

The CGT has published , on its site.

In Paris, they will begin at place de la R茅publique at 14:00, moving towards Op茅ra, in the 9th arrondissement. Police said 鈥渕any thousands of people are expected鈥�.

In Bordeaux, protests will begin at 11:30 at place de la R茅publique.

Some disruption expected

SNCF has said that despite the strikes, transport on TGV, Thalys, Eurostar and Lyria trains will be 鈥渘ormal鈥� and Intercit茅, Transilien and TER trains will be 鈥渘ear-normal鈥� but with some 鈥渓ocal changes鈥�.

• In Normandy, disruptions are expected on TER lines

• In Ile-de-France, disruption is expected on lines E, D and P between Meaux and La Fert茅 Milon, and line R between Melun and Montereay via H茅ricy.

• In Paris traffic will run as normal on the metro, RER lines A and B and the tramway, except tram T3 A. There will be some disruption on buses.

• In Occitanie, nine out of 10 trains are expected to run but in Toulouse 鈥渟ignificant disruption鈥� is expected on bus and tram networks by service provider Tiss茅o. The city鈥檚 two metro lines will run as normal.

• Wider disruptions are expected on public transport networks in Bordeaux, Dijon, Douai, Le Mans, Marseille, Strasbourg and Rouen.

SNCF says some information about disruptions is already available via its app, and more comprehensive information is available on .

Postal workers called to strike

Postal deliveries could be disrupted today as workers from La Poste are called to strike.

Civil servants strike

Five unions have also called on civil servants to join today鈥檚 strikes.

Possible school strikes

Up to 25% of nursery school and primary school teachers are expected to join the strikes with possible disruption during school and extracurricular hours in some towns, including Nantes.

In such cases, a minimum staff service will be present, despite the relatively high numbers expected to join the protests, along with staff who manage school meals in primary schools and extracurricular clubs.

Extra services such as early morning and evening opening, and school meals, have been suspended in places including Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), Bezons (Val鈥檇鈥橭ise), and Cenon (Gironde).

In affected schools, parents must collect their children at lunchtime and straight after classes finish in the afternoon.

Parents in affected areas are advised to check with their school to see which measures are in place. Some teachers in coll猫ges and lyc茅es may also join strikes.

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